A recall vote against Keelung mayor George Hsieh held today resulted in Hsieh staying in office. Around 70,000 were in favor of recalling Hsieh, while 85,000 supported his staying in office, with voter turnout at 49.35%. The Hsieh campaign declared victory around 6 PM...
A typhoon holiday called for northern Taiwan has led to contention between the KMT and DPP. Controversy revolves around the fact northern Taiwan called a typhoon day for Wednesday on Tuesday evening despite the fact that the impact from the typhoon turned out to, in fact, be minimal. A second typhoon day was later declared for Thursday, though whether the effects of the Typhoon Krathom warranted a second typhoon day are debatable. But central and southern Taiwan have been more strongly affected by Typhoon Krathom, with two dead, two missing, and 103 injured, as well as over 50,000 households without power...
Keelung mayor George Hsieh faces a recall vote, which has been scheduled for October 17th. However, the results of the recall vote may ultimately boil down to local political factors...
KMT legislator Hsu Yu-Zhen, as well as other pan-Blue legislators, called for changes to recall laws in Taiwan last month in order to protect Keelung mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang. Hsieh is currently facing a recall campaign, which has now acquired the number of signatures necessary to hold a recall vote...
Tensions between the DPP and KMT are likely at a boiling point in Keelung, with conflict between KMT mayor George Hsieh and the DPP city council caucus having escalated dramatically in the past weeks...
